Sex pheromone cAD1 in Streptococcus faecalis: induction of a function related to plasmid transfer.
In short matings between two donor strains with distinguishable isogenic conjugative plasmids (derivatives of pAD1), only the strain preexposed to the sex pheromone cAD1 behaved as a donor.
D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000235:genetics*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000502:physiology*; D010957:Plasmids; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000502:physiology*
D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants